Improvement in fenders for plows and cultivators



J.'O. 80 W. P. GURRYER.

Plow Fender.

N0.10E ,04'7. Patented July 5,1870.

N PETERS, FHOTO-UTHGGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D c.

ings, making UNITED SraTEs PATENT "OFFICE.

JOSEPH o. GURRYER WILLIAM F. oURnYnn, OF THORNTOWN, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENDERS FOR PLO WS .AND CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l05,0 l7, dated July 5, 1870; antedated June 30, 1870. I

' Fenders or Shields for Plows or Cultivators;

and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, -refercnce being bad to the accompanying drawp'art of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cultivator with our improved fender attached, and shown I in two positions. Fig. 2 represents the fender;

Fig. 3, a plan view of the same, varied in its construction; and Fig. 4, asection at line 000:, Fig. 1.

The object of our invention is to provide a means for preventing the 'clods or bowlders upturned by the plowshare from falling against the growingplantssnch as corn, &c.-while they are being cultivated or plowed between rows; and it consists in providing a fender or shield which is capable of being attached to a plow or cultivator and made adjustable, as will be presently explained.

We are aware that clod-fenders have before been devised for the purpose above alluded to, and that they have been applied to-plows and cultivators; but many serious disadvantages exist in the construction and adaptation of all that we are familiar with, such as the impracticability of applyingthem to very many of the plows and cultivator-s in use, as they are not all made after one pattern,and necessarily differ in form and dimensions, and such differences woutd necessitate the manufacture of fenders especially adapted to each and every style and size of cultivator. All of these objections are overcome by ourimprovements,as will appear more fully by a recitation of the construction and operation; and to enable others skilled to make and use the same we will proceed to describe it, referring by letters to the drawings.

Similar lettersof reference denote like parts in the dili'erent'views.

A represents the beam of an ordinary cultivator, B B the points or shares, and O the handles.

The fender is composed of the frame D, ex-

tending and prolonged, as seen at D, its extremity terminating in an eye,f.

Between the upperand lower sides of the frame are arranged any number of rods or slats E E in parallel planes and secured at either end to the frame. The upper side or rod of the frame has attached to it a vertical rod, F, by means of grasping-clawsb I), which encircle the upper bar of the frame, the rod proper extendingdownashortdistanceandlyingagainst the outside of one of the intermediate bars, forming a guide and brace, as the bar through its claws b 1) slides upon the upper side of the frame D. The other end of the rod F terminates in a screw-thread and is provided witha nut. It will thus be seen that thisrod is capable of adjustment longitudinally upon the frame. It is also adjustable in a vertical direction by passing through a slot formed in the rod H at its end. This rod 11 passes over the top of the plow-beam and through eyes in the two ends of a staple, G, which is tightened or loosened by means of a wedge, It, so that it may be adjusted'on the plow-beam. One end of this roti H is turned down and flattened, as seen at Fig. 4, just beyond the slot through which the vertical rod F passes, so that the bent end serves as a bracetopreventthe lower end of the rod and fender from springing outward from the plowshare when the weight and pressure of the clods between theshare and fender tend to produce such result. The rod and fender are therefore kept always in a vertical position. The extremity D of the frame is pivoted through the eye f to the. forward end of the plow-beam, just behindthe clevis, by a bolt, and swivels thereon. As the rod H passes through the eyes in the staples Gand over the beam, it will be seen that it can be adjusted from or toward the plow by loosening the wedge h, and secured in any position by tightening the said wedge. The fender can thereforebe adjusted from or toward the plowshare, and running as close or as far away from the growing plants as expediency may require.

The fender-frame is provided with a solid sheet-metal or other shield, which is cut away at either end, or notched, as seen at a a, 850. The projections and lower edge are bent slightly inward, so that they may be sprung behi pd the ends and bottom rail of the frame,

the upper side being provided with one or more metallic clasps, c, which turn down upon the upper rail of the frame, thus securing the said shield in place, it being observed that the shield isby this means capable of beingeasily attached to or detached from the skeletonfrarne.

A chain, rope, or strap, K,is attached to the rear end of the fender-frameainl passes over the ring between the plow-handles, by means [be by the same means attached to plows or cultivators of any pattern.

Having fully described the construction and arrangement of our improved fender, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a fender, the rear vertical rod, F, constructed substantially as and for the purposes hereinbei'ore set forth.

2. In combination with the vertical rod F and the plow-beam, the horizontal adjustable rod H, staple G, and wedge h, all arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. A fender or screen adaptable to plows 0r cultivators of varied patterns and dimensions, and capable of adjustment by and through the means hereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

JOSEPH C. CURRYER.

' WILLIAM F..CURRYER.

. In presence of W. M. RIDPATH, S. L. GOLDSBERRY.

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